Family
Fortune
Willow Smith built a fan base
with a hit single long before releasing her debut album, which
drops this month. Why do we
care? Because she’s just 11—and
the daughter of Will Smith and
Jada Pinkett Smith. Parental celebrity may fuel a young star’s
brand, but as these comparisons
sho w, it’s no guarantee of success
over competing peers. —RZA
JUSTIN BIEBER VS. WILLO W SMITH
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What are you
loving this month?
ALICE
KORNGOLD
CEO, Korngold
Consulting
10x10: “The
global social-
action organiza-
tion promotes
education for
girls living in
poverty.”
12 Angry Men:
“The 1957 ver-
sion, directed by
Sidney Lumet, is
my favorite
movie of all
time. You can
learn just about
everything you
need to know
about group dy-
namics from it.”
HAS COACHELLA LOST ITS COOL?
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival under-
goes a fundamental transformation this month, ex-
panding to two consecutive weekends hosting two
identical lineups. The move has some music cogno-
scenti questioning whether or not the year’s biggest
festival has finally grown too big. —CLAY DILLOW
D. J. PANGBURN,
MUSIC*:
“Baby” YouTube views:
698.7 million (since
February 2010)
“I thought [Coachella was] overreaching, but
it booked Radiohead, Dr. Dre, and Snoop
Dogg. Both weekends sold out instantly. The
fact that it doubled the time commitment
from these huge acts tells me Coachella isn’t
losing stature.” SEAN HIGHKIN,
“Whip My Hair”
YouTube views:
70. 4 million (since
October 2010)
DAKO TA FANNING VS. MILEY C YRUS
“But it hasn’t evolved. The only things that change
are the lineups and cost of attending. Its influence—
if it ever really had one—is on the wane.”
MOVIES:
I AmSam:
$98 million box-office
gross (global)
ROBERT
BRUNNER
Founder,
Ammunition
Libratone Air-
play speakers:
“I have several
of these around
the house.
They’re beauti-
ful and sound
great. Wireless
audio is the way
to go.”
Techshop:
“I love the idea
of these creative
spaces, which
are popping up
in cities and
offering tools
and expertise
for creatives on
a monthly mem-
bership basis.
The idea behind
it is simple: Cre-
ate a space
where people
can actually
make stuff and
maybe launch
businesses.”
“Coachella has evolved; it just doesn’t have much
indie cred anymore. Of course it’s going to cost more
money every year. And if the price of admission for three
days of music includes one day of music that I’m not
necessarily that interested in, I’m fine with it.”
The Last Song:
$89 million box-office
gross (global)
TAVI GEVINSON VS. SPENCER T WEED Y
Conference Calendar
KE Y (OU T OF 5): LEARNABILITY SCHMOOZABILITY COSTABILITY
TWITTER*:
46,622
followers
APRIL
2: Where Conference,
SAN FRANCISCO
Learn how to turn location
tech into smart business
at this O’Reilly confab.
;
16: Microsoft
Management Summit,
LAS VEGAS
Get a week of intensive
tech training and test-drive new Microsoft
products at the company’s summit.
;
;
16: www2012,
LYON, FRANCE
Calling die-hard web enthusiasts: Hear World
Wide Web inventor Tim
Berners-Lee and others
discuss the future of the
Internet.
;
21: Global Health
and Innovation
Conference, NEW
HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
Global health and social
entrepreneurship collide
at this conference at Yale
University.
;
2,773
followers
5: Simmons Leadership
Conference, BOS TON
Girl power prevails at this
women-only meeting,
featuring speaker sessions by female power
players such as HP CEO
Meg Whitman.
16: Channel Advisor
Catalyst 2012, LAS VEGAS
From e-commerce to
f-commerce (yes, that
stands for “Facebook”),
buying online is the web’s
new norm.
;
18: Collective Intelligence 2012, CAMBRIDGE,
MASSACHUSETTS
Attendees will explore
how to use the Internet to
bridge the human-computer gap and solve
real-world problems.
;
29: IBM Impact 2012,
LAS VEGAS
More than 9,000 business professionals and I T
whizzes pool their know-how on building techsavvy organizations.
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